As director of emerging cybersecurity solutions for Carahsoft, Steve Jacyna keeps his finger on the pulse of the biggest cyber threats to government organizations, as well as the latest cyber innovations that protect against them. His dual goals are to help cyber vendors understand agencies’ unique needs and to assist agencies in identifying the t...
Today, the pace of technological innovation and change is faster than ever before. In order to stay ahead of the curve, government contractors must adapt to and embrace emerging technologies quickly, effectively and responsibly. In this interview, Executive Mosaic spoke with ManTech CEO and President Matt Tait to learn more about how ManTech is res...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond Recently, we shed light on the intricacies of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 third-party assessments and their role in strengthening the cybersecurity framework for Department of Defense contractors. However, achieving initial compliance is just the beginning. The real challenge ...
Concept Plus has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Gary Sofo as senior vice president and sector general manager and Joshua Temkin as VP and chief architect to advance the delivery of tech platforms and services to customers in the health care and federal civilian sectors. In a June 3 news release, the...
By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet When federal spending increases, government contracting companies will naturally want to capitalize on it. But the main question you’ll need to ask yourself is this: How well positioned are we internally to identify and secure contract opportunities when they arise? Being able to answer t...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond In a previous article in our CMMC series, we explored the key differences between the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification and past Department of Defense cybersecurity initiatives, namely the NIST SP 800-171. One of the most significant changes is the introduction of mandatory third-party ...
The Department of Transportation has awarded six companies positions on a potential five-year, $600 million multiple award task order contract to support highway, bridge and road construction projects in Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park and surrounding areas. According to a solicitation published in December, the indefinite-deliv...
Anthony Vultaggio, chief technology officer at SMX, said government agencies seeking to address the complexities of security compliance and data protection across multicloud and hybrid cloud environments should look for an industry partner that can perform the job of a managed service provider and a managed security service provider. “In a traditi...
When Jen Sovada realized she could make more of an impact on the outside of the military looking in, she retired from the U.S. Air Force. Now, her company, the fast-growing startup SandboxAQ, regularly does business with the USAF and Sovada still gets to support the mission, circumnavigating the oft-labyrinthine bureaucracy of the government. Sovada...
Like many government agencies, the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection manages petabytes of data flowing through it every day. They perform an estimated 50 billion data exchanges and 10 billion transactions daily. This also means there are roughly 100 million cyber attack attempts per day on their network, accordin...
